Choices dwindling for Obamacare customers
CNN Money by Tami Luhby @Luhby August 23, 2016: 7:53 AM ET Many consumers may find they have few choices when shopping on the Obamacare exchanges for 2017. Industry giants…
Aetna to cut back 70% on Obamacare plans in 2017
Aetna is sharply cutting its participation in Obamacare exchanges for 2017. The health insurer said it will offer individual Affordable Care Act exchange plans in just four states, down from…
Who’s Gaming Obamacare? Better to Ask: Who Isn’t?
Bloomberg View-AUG 8, 2016 4:44 PM EDT By Megan McArdle Last week, I outlined eight possible futures for Obamacare. By curious coincidence, few of them looked like the paradise of lower premiums…
Anthem links Obamacare expansion with approval of Cigna acquisition
Politico- By PAUL DEMKO 07/28/16 02:15 PM EDT Anthem on Wednesday fought back against an Obama administration antitrust lawsuit by conditioning its expansion in the struggling Obamacare market to approval of…
ICD-10 conversion had minimal impact on hospitals’ denial rates, report finds
Written by Kelly Gooch | June 29, 2016 After three delays and much industry opposition, the United States' healthcare industry transitioned Oct. 1, 2015, to ICD-10, increasing the number of…
Good, Bad Trends in ICD-10 Coding Accuracy: Early 2016 Data Revealed
Written by Eileen Dano Tkacik | Monday, 20 June 2016 20:00 A recent data set gathered from 300 coders at 50 health systems was revealing with regard to ICD-10 coding…
Obamacare’s 2017 Insurer Rate Requests Are Starting to Stream in…..
It's been more than two years since the Affordable Care Act, which you probably know better as Obamacare, went into full effect for individual consumers, and in that time the…
Credentialing is a big pain for doctors! Let The Firm Services professionals do it for you.
By Gus Geraci, MD Gus Geraci, MD, is consulting chief medical officer for the Pennsylvania Medical Society. We all know how hard it is to recruit a physician these days.…
ICD-10 denials require attention
CARL NATALE APR 13, 2016 - 05:46 AM The U.S. healthcare system is not paralyzed by denial despite the ICD-10 implementation. Either the ICD-10 codes are not as burdensome as…
ICD-10 implementation hasn’t ruined healthcare yet
Carl Natale APR 8, 2016 - 05:58 AM There is a strong feeling that the ICD-10 transition has gone better than predicted. Not a lot of healthcare providers have come…
